Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume VIII

[Peelz]

Mid ninety's today, and Thunderstorms forcast for the rest of the week.

Aaron

never saw weirder weather as I did in Colorado. 95 in the day, 30 and snowing 4 hrs later at night. Rapid weather change. Being in the mountains and seeing the storm clouds build up between the peaks was cool.

[Colorado700R]

I love thunderstorms in the mountains.  Truly amazing to watch.

Aaron

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Aug 5 1620

The Mayflower departs Southampton, England on first attempt to reach North America.

Aug 5 1962

In her Brentwood, California home, Marilyn Monroe dies in bed, naked, after swallowing an overdose of sleeping pills. Or maybe she's killed by the CIA with a barbiturate enema. Either way, she's dead.

Aug 5 1962

Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.

Aug 5 1980

The Osmonds musical group breaks up.

Aug 5 1983

Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield is charged in Toronto with cruelty to animals after fatally beaning a seagull with a baseball.

Birthdays today...
1301 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)
1397 - Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)
1461 - Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)
1623 - Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (d. 1669)
1641 - John Hathorne, American magistrate (d. 1717)
1662 - James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)
1694 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744)
1802 - Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1829)
1811 - Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (d. 1896)
1813 - Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and language reformer (d. 1896)
1815 - Edward John Eyre, English explorer (d. 1901)
1827 - Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d.1892)
1828 - Louise of the Netherlands, queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1871)
1833 - Carola of Vasa, Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1907)
1850 - Guy de Maupassant, French author (d. 1893)
1862 - Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man" (d. 1890)
1866 - Carl Harries, German chemist (d. 1923)
1866 - Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
1872 - Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (d. 1917)
1877 - Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917)
1887 - Reginald Owen, English actor (d. 1972)
1888 - Victor Francen, Belgian-born actor (d. 1977)
1889 - Conrad Aiken, American writer (d. 1973)
1890 - Erich Kleiber, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1956)
1890 - Naum Gabo, sculptor (d. 1977)
1897 - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (d. 1972)
1901 - Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (d. 2000)
1906 - John Huston, American director (d. 1987)
1906 - Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1999)
1906 - Joan Hickson, English actress (d. 1998)
1908 - Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
1910 - Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and music impresario (d. 1979)
1911 - Robert Taylor, American actor (d. 1969)
1912 - Abbé Pierre, French Catholic priest (d. 2007)
1914 - David Brian, American actor (d. 1993)
1918 - Tom Drake, American actor (d. 1982)
1918 - Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004)
1923 - Devan Nair, President of Singapore
1930 - Neil Armstrong, American astronaut
1930 - Michal Kováč, President of Slovakia
1934 - Wendell Berry, American poet, writer and farmer
1935 - John Saxon, American actor
1937 - Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (d. 2003)
1939 - Princess Irene of the Netherlands
1941 - Bob Clark, American film director (d. 2007)
1943 - Nelson Briles, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1943 - Sammi Smith, American country singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
1946 - Loni Anderson, American actress
1946 - Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
1946 - Ron Silliman, American poet
1946 - Erika Slezak, American actress
1947 - Angry Anderson, Australian entertainer (Rose Tattoo)
1947 - Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
1947 - Rick Derringer, American musician
1948 - Carole Laure, French Canadian actress
1948 - Ray Clemence, English footballer
1951 - John Jarratt, Australian actor
1953 - Rick Mahler, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1953 - Samantha Sang, Australian singer
1956 - Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian film director
1956 - Fred Ottman, American wrestler
1956 - Maureen McCormick, American actress
1957 - Faith Prince, American actress
1957 - Clayton Rohner, American actor
1959 - Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive)
1960 - Seth Swirsky, American songwriter
1961 - Tawny Kitaen, American actress
1961 - Mark O'Connor, American violinist
1961 - Athula Samarasekera, Former Sri Lankan cricketer
1962 - Patrick Ewing, American basketball player
1962 - Richard de Groen, Former New Zealand cricketer
1964 - Adam Yauch (MCA), American musician (Beastie Boys)
1965 - Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer
1966 - Jonathan Silverman, American actor
1968 - Terri Clark, Canadian country singer
1968 - Funkmaster Flex, American hip hop DJ
1968 - Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler
1968 - Oleg Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer
1968 - Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (d. 2007)
1968 - John Olerud, American baseball player
1969 - Venkatesh Prasad, Former Indian cricketer
1969 - Vasbert Drakes, Former West Indian cricketer
1970 - James Gunn, American filmmaker
1971 - Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
1972 - Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian musician (Fear Factory)
1972 - Aaqib Javed, Former Pakistani cricketer
1973 - Sean Sherk, American Mixed martial artist
1973 - Sanwar Hossain, Former Bangladeshi cricketer
1974 - Alvin Ceccoli, Australian soccer player
1974 - Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
1975 - Antony Cotton, English actor
1975 - Ami Foster, American actress
1975 - Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress
1975 - Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
1976 - Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor
1976 - Marian Pahars, Latvian footballer
1977 - Eric Hinske, American baseball player
1977 - Michael Walsh, English footballer
1977 - Mark Mulder, American baseball player
1978 - Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter
1978 - Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer
1979 - David Healy, Northern Irish footballer
1980 - Kaylani Lei, Asian-American porn star
1980 - Wayne Bridge, English footballer
1980 - Jason Čulina, Australian soccer player
1980 - Ali Umar, Maldivian footballer
1981 - Carl Crawford, American baseball player
1981 - Rachel Scott, American murder victim (d. 1999)
1981 - Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer
1981 - Erik Guay, Canadian alpine skier
1981 - Cory Williams, American internet celebrity
1981 - Alester Maregwede, Former Zimbabwean cricketer
1982 - LoLo Jones, American track and field athlete
1982 - Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player
1982 - Tobias Regner, German singer
1983 - Dawn Richard, American singer (Danity Kane)
1985 - Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
1985 - Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
1986 - Paula Creamer, American golfer
1987 - Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress
1987 - Xenia Tchoumitcheva, Swiss model
1993 - Corey J. Smith, English television actor
1993 - Suzuka Ōgo, Japanese actress
1995 - Devo Keenan American cellist and son of musician Maynard James Keenan
2000 - Maya Bond, Japanese-born American singer and musician

Famous deaths...
882 - King Louis III of France (b. 863)
1063 - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
1364 - Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)
1572 - Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)
1579 - Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)
1610 - Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile
1633 - Archbishop George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1562)
1678 - Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)
1743 - John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)
1778 - Charles Clémencet, French historian (b. 1703)
1792 - Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732)
1799 - Richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726)
1868 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788)
1880 - Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)
1895 - Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
1911 - Bob Caruthers, baseball player (b. 1864)
1923 - Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835)
1925 - Jennie Lee (actor), American actress (b. 1848)
1929 - Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist and feminist (b. 1847)
1944 - Maurice Turnbull, Former England cricketer (b. 1906)
1946 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
1952 - Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917)
1955 - Carmen Miranda, Portuguese actress and singer (b. 1909)
1957 - Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1877)
1959 - Edgar Guest, English poet (b. 1881)
1960 - Arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
1962 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (b. 1926)
1963 - Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
1964 - Art Ross, professional ice hockey player and executive (b. 1886) (Art Ross Trophy)
1972 - Harry Hylton-Foster, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1905)
1978 - Jesse Haines, baseball player (b. 1893)
1980 - Harold Runnels, United States Congressman (b. 1924)
1984 - Richard Burton, Welsh actor (b. 1925)
1991 - Paul Brown, American football coach (b. 1908)
1991 - Soichiro Honda, founder of the Honda Motor Company (b. 1906)
1992 - Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (b. 1954)
1994 - Alain de Changy, Belgian racing driver (b. 1922)
1998 - Otto Kretschmer, German U-boat commander (b. 1912)
1998 - Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist dictator from 1956 to 1989 (b. 1911)
2000 - Sir Alec Guinness, British actor (b. 1914)
2000 - Otto Buchsbaum, writer and ecological activist (b. 1920)
2001 - Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
2002 - Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982)
2002 - Chick Hearn, American basketball announcer (b. 1916)
2002 - Franco Lucentini, Italian writer (b. 1920)
2005 - Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast (b. 1936)
2005 - Jim O'Hora, American football coach (b. 1915)
2005 - Raul Roco, Philippine senator (b. 1941)
2006 - Susan Butcher, American Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion (b. 1954)
2007 - Florian Pittiş, Romanian artist (b. 1943)
2007 - Jean-Marie Lustiger, Cardinal of France

Holidays and observances...
Burkina Faso - Independence Day.
Croatia - Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day.
Chile - Children's Day
Abel of Reims (died 750)
Addai
Saint Afra, martyr [Augsburg (rare)]
Saint Afra and companions, virgins, martyrs [France]
Saint Dominic, confessor [medieval date, in Paris; nowadays August 4]
Saint Emygdius, martyr, bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Feast of Mary "ad nives"; Dedication of Santa Maria Maggiore bin Rome [common]
Saint Ormisdas, pope, confessor [Bamberg]
Saint Oswald of Northumbria, king, martyr [common; England] (died 642)
Saint Sixtus II, pope [Paris]

Have a great Tuesday.

~Brian

[NaturalRaptor]

Aug 5 1983

Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield is charged in Toronto with cruelty to animals after fatally beaning a seagull with a baseball.

Was it intentional? 

Morning fellas!

[socalrappy700]

Aug 5 1983

Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield is charged in Toronto with cruelty to animals after fatally beaning a seagull with a baseball.

Was it intentional? 

Morning fellas!

Yes.....bitch owed him money.

[Peelz]

Aug 5 1980

The Osmonds musical group breaks up.......thus begins a long period of mourning for our own Flynbyu.

good morning, time for work.

[NaturalRaptor]

Aug 5 1983

Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield is charged in Toronto with cruelty to animals after fatally beaning a seagull with a baseball.

Was it intentional? 

Morning fellas!

Yes.....bitch owed him money.

[preddy08]

Mornin gents! errrr I mean Hos.

[Colorado700R]

Morning

[preddy08]

Gonna be another SLOOOOOW day.

[Peelz]

Gonna be another SLOOOOOW day.

no junkies require your "services" today?

[Colorado700R]

Gonna be another SLOOOOOW day.

no junkies require your "services" today?

He must of performed his "services" last nite to get his fix 

[Flynbyu]

We are selling a van to a family of fat asses.

We had to throw in FOUR seatbelt extenders.

No shit.

~Brian

[preddy08]

We are selling a van to a family of fat asses.

We had to throw in FOUR seatbelt extenders.

No shit.

~Brian

LOL, that funny shit! I hope its a 2500.

[Flynbyu]

We are selling a van to a family of fat asses.

We had to throw in FOUR seatbelt extenders.

No shit.

~Brian

LOL, that funny shit! I hope its a 2500.

Nope, it's a mini van!!!!

~Brian